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9-3-2012

Abstract

How do you think a student should approach the study of religion?

Dr. Nancy Dallavalle suggests that a good beginning point is to read Ludwig Feuerbach because he situates religion in the context of culture. In this way we see that the story of God tells us a great deal about ourselves.

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About the Interviewee:

Dr. Nancy Dallavalle holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and is Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Fairfield University. She works as a Catholic Systematic Theologian with special interests in the conversation between science and religion and the role of Catholics in the public forum. Also, Dr. Dallavalle has written on related issues including the following: “Resilient Citizens: The Public (and Gendered) Face of American Catholicism” in Inculturation and the Church in North America, Kennedy, S.J., T. Frank (ed.) and “Feminist Theologies” in The Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner, Hines, Mary and Marmion, Declan (eds.).

About the Interviewer:

Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.

Recommended Citation

Dallavalle, Nancy and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Nancy Dallavalle Engages with the Question: How Do You Think a Student Should Approach the Study of Religion?" September 2012. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/262